Prize Winning Essays on Road Safety Measures
The essay competition conducted by the Singleton branch of the Road Safety Council were won by…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1951
1,060 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 53
(By Beth Shearer, 10 years—4th Class) Causes and Prevention of Road Accidents
Many serious, and often fatal, accidents are caused by the carelessness of drunken drivers, speeding, and by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Magistrate Warns Motor Cyclist
A defendant in the Maitland court this morning was told he could consider himself lucky because he was not cent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Beer by Road for Muswellbrook
Most of Muswellbrook's hotels were out of beer on Saturday last. Arrangements are being made…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Conference Urges Completion Of Railway Line
The completion of the Maryvale-Sandy Hollow railway line, now partly built, was urged as a vital national work, at a big…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor-cycle Club Notes
Riders from the Cessnock Motor Cycle Club performed well at the re-opening night of the Maitland Speedway on…
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CESSNOCK: Kearsley Shire Council will ask the Coal Board for a larger grant to rebuild William-street bridge,…
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SYDNEY: The Transport Department will leane [?] 6d tickets to children for train travel in Newcastle and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seven Local Cadets Train In Camp
Seven members of the High School Senior Cadet Unit are at present undergoing special schools at the Singleton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warkworth Bridge Builders Will Work in Air Locks
The men who will lay the eight centre piers to carry the main span of the new high-level bridge to be built across the Cockfighter at Warkworth, will work in compressed air chambers 30 feet below the river bed the air-locks to sink the piers are now in hand and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Egyptian Police Fire on British Dead And Wounded Scattered On Road
SUEZ: The streets of Suez became a miniature battleground again yesterday British troops shot it out with Egyptian police and civilians, killing and wounding about 28 Egyptians. Several British soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parkes Men Seriously Injured Cas Hits Horse on Forbes Road Dungog Man's Son in Smash
Two young Parkes men received severe head injuries when the car in which they were returning to Parkes from Forbes struck and…
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A general meeting of motor cyclists was held at Aberdeen on Tuesday, 20th November. It was decided by those…
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PETER DAWSON, world-famous Australian baritone has mode other visits to Maitland, but he comes to-night, in on A.B.C. celebrity concert, in celebration of his 50 years as a concert artist, In…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hints for Motorists
The NRMA engineers give some points to the investigated if drivers experience that annoying “run-on" after…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Revised Estimate for Abermain Bridge Council Seeks Increased Grant
Following a revised estimate of the cost of work on the William Street bridge, Kearsley Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Extra Traffic Lane at "Pinch" Bridge Estimated Cost £2,567
The cost of reconstructing the roadway at the "Pinch" Bridge at Pelton to provide an additional traffic lane was…
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In the motor cycle T.T. races, held at Mittagong, on 2nd December, the local machine, "The D. J. Special," ridden by Reg…
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NEWCASTLEâKevin Albert Costello, 24, of Maitland Road, Mayfield, was fatally hurt yesterday when he fell…
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Bulga cricketers beat Railway by 100 runs when they met at Bulga at the weekend. Bulga's opening bats G…
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